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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William find in the forest of the Cascades in Oregon that he places in a pail to photograph later?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Banana slug.
(c) Snake.
(d) Beetle.

2. What town in Connecticut used to make clipper ships?
(a) Westport.
(b) Mystic.
(c) Waterford.
(d) Stratford.

3. What does William discover about the town of Liberty Bond, Washington?
(a) It is at least two hours from North Bonneville.
(b) It is an active town.
(c) It has disappeared.
(d) It is located in the southern part of the state.

4. How does William describe Cape Porpoise, Maine?
(a) Urban and sophisticated.
(b) Messy and run down.
(c) White picket fence village.
(d) Suburban paradise.

5. What town does William look up in the library of Oregon State University?
(a) Cascades.
(b) Willamette.
(c) Lookingglass.
(d) Newport.

6. For what is Spotsylvania, Virginia known?
(a) Farmer's markets.
(b) Major Civil War site.
(c) The production of steel.
(d) Pig farms.

7. Who named Cape Foulweather?
(a) Captain Lewis.
(b) Captain James Cook.
(c) Captain Clark.
(d) Black Elk.

8. What time does William meet Tom at the dock in the morning?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Three-thirty.

9. Who is staying in the dorm the night William sleeps at a university in Michigan?
(a) Insurance salesman.
(b) Basketball player.
(c) Student.
(d) Security guard.

10. What does William see on Route 33 in West Virginia that signals a hard life?
(a) Modern apartments.
(b) Tidy, neat stores.
(c) Run down farms.
(d) Steel skyscrapers.

11. How long has Tom's family been in the maple syrup business?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five generations.
(c) Three years.
(d) Fifteen years.

12. Where does William meet Pete Marvin and his family?
(a) Buffalo, New York.
(b) Lake Placid, New York.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Canandaigua Lake, New York.

13. What does William have to do with Ghost Dancing in Grand Forks, North Dakota?
(a) Fill up the gas tank.
(b) Replace the windshield.
(c) Have the water pump repaired.
(d) Fix a flat tire.

14. Where does William visit at the end of Section 7?
(a) Ann Arbor.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Thumb of Michigan.
(d) Grand Rapids.

15. In what town does William stop lunch in when he eats a dozen fresh clams at a city market?
(a) Quonset.
(b) Dover.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Williamsburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river does William cross to get into Gallipolis, Ohio?

2. Where does Scott Chisholm live?

3. What kind of plane does William go up in to get an aerial view of Moscow, Idaho?

4. How does William describe his truck in the last page of the book?

5. How does William travel from the Adirondacks in New York to the state of Vermont?

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